Demands on Network Are an iPhone Hang-Up — The iPhone has made AT&T the cool kid on the cellphone block, bringing in lots of new customers all eager to play with the shiny new device. — Trouble is, the iPhone is expensive for AT&T, and not just because of the heavy subsidies on the initial purchase price.

Amazon re-Kindles the iPhone — It took Amazon (AMZN) less than a month after the release of the second-generation Kindle electronic-book reader to put a free Kindle application on the iPhone App Store. It took another two months for it to fix the app's second most annoying drawback …

Microsoft confirms Windows 7 coming this year — This won't come as a surprise, but Microsoft is planning to release Windows 7 this year, in time for the holiday shopping season. — What is new is that the software maker is finally willing to put itself on the line and say as much.

Lack of Vision To Blame for Newspaper Woes — Is this it? — Is the product you are accustomed to holding in your hands a relic, soon to go the way of silent movies and manual typewriters? — I have been one of the industry's most fervent optimists, convinced that somehow, some way, newspapers would find a path to survival.

First Look: BlackBerry Onyx Spotted in the Wild! — * Update 3: So much for a relaxing Sunday night, huh? BG just posted a little update addressing a couple points.... Regarding device model, he's got some intel that this device could launch as part of the 96xx series (makes sense looking at the keyboard) …

Friend Lists: Now in Chat — Since we launched Facebook Chat, many of you have asked for ways to organize your connections and to control which friends see you online. Maybe you want to be online with your best friends but offline with your work colleagues.

A Latte With Journalism on the Side — How about an interview with that latte? — Several coffee shops set to open next month in the Czech Republic plan to offer more than the usual array of cafe services. As they sip their drinks, visitors will also be able to surf the Web …

Sony CEO Howard Stringer on music: “If we had gone with open technology from the start, I think we probably would have beaten Apple” — We've always had a soft spot for Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer, and it sounds like the old man's doing more than cajoling Tom Hanks into telling jokes following …

Get The Real-Time Twitter Scoop With Twitscoop — Twitscoop, a real-time visualization tool that lets you see hot trends and buzz on Twitter, is getting a makeover and adding several useful features that may help you “mine the thought stream.” These features will officially roll out at 8 AM PST.

Citrix Demos of a New Kind of Virtual Machine for Mac — Citrix made a number of announcements last week related to Mac and iPhone. While most of these announcements were targeted specifically towards IT/enterprise customers, one announcement has more potential mainstream significance.

Pirate Bay Closer to a Retrial, Demands New Investigation — A few days after the verdict in the Pirate Bay trial was made public, judge Tomas Norström was heavily criticized for his involvement with pro-copyright lobby groups. To everyone's surprise, Norström never declared these activities before he took on the case.

BlackBerry Storm OS 4.7.0.141 fails Verizon Wireless testing — Wondering what happened to the Storm OS .141 update we said should have dropped late last month? We had heard rumors of some problems with the OS but over the weekend we got word from a trusted ninja that the much anticipated OS .141 has failed Verizon Wireless' testing.

Watch Full NBC Videos on Your iPhone — Until the game-changing Hulu app drops, fans of 30 Rock, The Office, and other NBC shows can catch them full-screen on their iPhone or iPod touch, as well as on a few other mobile phones. — It's probably not a new feature, but none …

Lenovo updates Netbook line: meet the IdeaPad S10-2 — We were impressed with the recent 6-cell battery upgrade for Lenovo's S10 Netbook, and now the company (most famous for the ThinkPad line of business laptops) has announced a bigger revamp. — The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 (well …

Yahoo! is eyeing WNY sites for new data center — The Internet giant Yahoo! is considering sites in Genesee and Orleans counties for a new data center, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N. Y.,said Sunday. — “They are seriously, seriously considering a site in Orleans County or Genesee County,” Schumer said.

PSD2 Compliance in Zoho Books — The Revised Payment Services Directive, also known as the PSD2, is a set of regulatory guidelines laid down by the European Union (EU) for finance, banking, and payment service companies.

Google Fi - a phone plan, by Google — We felt that most phone plans just weren't made with you in mind. So that's why we built Google Fi with features that real people actually want. Click to learn more.